The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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